A remix and update of an earlier presentation with the same title given virtually to teachers at the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 29, 2007.
1. Learning the Guitar
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Thinking About Innovation in Education
Darren Kuropatwa
http://adifference.blogspot.com
Science Leadership Academy, Aug 29 2007
2. Thinking About Innovation in Education ...
During revolutions, scientists see new and different things when looking with familiar
instruments in places they have looked before. (Kuhn, 1969)
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3. My guitar ... my pedagogical improvisation
a demo
let’s take a look around ...
4. What Can I Do Now That I Couldn’t Do Before?
new tools enable new pedagogies
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5. What Can I Do Now That I Couldn’t Do Before?
new tools enable new pedagogies
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6. What Can I Do Now That I Couldn’t Do Before?
new tools enable new pedagogies
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13. My favourite riff ... scribe posts
the art of the (student) fugue
listen to their voices ... (1 min 25 sec)
Vincent, Craig, Miles, Chris, Graeme
14. My favourite riff ... scribe posts and the hall of fame
students modeling excellence
listen to Manny ... (41 sec)
15. Jamming ... evolving the practice
growing the suite of tools
• Chat Boxes
• Feed Windows
• Answer Tips
• wikis, podcasts, ...
• Give students the tools ...
then watch what they do.
Manny again ... (25 sec)
New tools give rise to new pedagogies ... pictures worth more than 1000 words.
Perhaps even “Developing Expert Voicesquot;.
16. Bridge ... thinking seriously about pedagogy
research and practice
Robert Marzano:
A Handbook for Classroom Instruction That Works
How People Learn
Coming of Age 2.0
K12 Online 2007
17. Ambiance ... our (un?)changing context
what will your students remember 5 years on?
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24. Photo credits
I love flickr storm
Me and my new friend
by flickr user carf
While My Guitar Gently Weeps 1 - 30DStrat_1
by flickr user Daniel Y. Go
Love at first sight ...
by flickr user carf